{{Short description|Name list}} '''Jadon''' is a Hebrew given name meaning "God has heard", "thankful" (according to Strong's Concordance), "a judge", or "whom God has judged"<ref>{{cite book | last = Comay | first = Joan | title = Who's in the Old Testament | publisher = Routledge | year = 2003–2016 | location = London, Helotes | url = | doi = | isbn = 0-415-26031-0 | page = 163 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3036&t=KJV|title=H3036: Jadon|last=|first=|date=|work=Blue Letter Bible|access-date=2017-07-28|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en}}</ref> and the name of two characters in Biblical history.
==Jadon the Meronothite== Jadon the Meronothite was one of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem in the Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible.<ref>Nehemiah 3:7</ref>
==Prophet Jadon== According to Flavius Josephus, Jadon was the name of a minor prophet referred to in his ''Antiquities of the Jews'' VIII,8,5 who is thought to have been ''the man of God'' mentioned in {{bibleverse|1|Kings|13:1|HE}}. In the ''Lives of the Prophets'', he is called ''Joad''. Rabbinic tradition identifies him with Iddo.
== See also == * Jayden
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